American community activists

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer (1860–1935)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, is an American politician and activist who has served since 2019 as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Irish-born American labor and community organizer (1837–1930)

American politician (born 1969)

American politician and physician (born 1950)

American politician (1890-1964)

American activist (1941-1998)

African-American civil rights and human rights activist (1903–1986)

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1887-1964)

American feminist activist (1810–1892)

American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)

American climate change activist

American political activist and author

Vietnamese-American activist and politician

American politician

Curtis Anthony Sliwa is an American politician, activist and radio talk show host. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime-prevention organization headquartered in New York City. Sliwa was twice the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Mayor of New York, being defeated in 2021 by Democratic nominee Eric Adams and in 2025 by Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.

American politician (born 1974); Mayor of San Francisco from 2018 to 2025

American activist (born 1943)

American politician (1944-2002)

American politician (born 1958)

American activist (1939–2016)

former national director of the Anti-Defamation League

American anthropologist and activist

American politician (born 1989)

American politician

American social activist (1859–1940)

American politician (1939-2008)

activist group founded in San Francisco by gay men to protest gay rights issues

Community activist - first Afghan refugee to be elected as a state representative in New Hampshire, United States.

American feminist activist (1938–2022)

1960s Civil Rights Movement strategist (1936–2008)

American activist and politician

American pro-life activist

American activist (1862-1946)

American civil rights activist (1925–1996)

American labor unionist

American actress (1905-1986)

American author

American actor and politician

American Chicana feminist (1925–2021)

American entrepreneur, activist, park ranger (1921–2025)

American community organizer and activist

American politician (born 1986)

American activist

American journalist

American hip hop-generation author, activist, recording artist, and film producer

American politician in Louisiana (born 1954)

American social worker and college president

political activist

Californian post-war artist known for painting, printmaking and murals (1914–1998)

American activist (1926-2014)

American activist and former Black Panther captain

American suffragist

American filmmaker

Second Lady of Pennsylvania from 2019 to 2023

American community organizer and president of Human Rights Campaign

American physician (1908–1976)

president of the Open Society Foundations

American activist and artist